Netxcell Inks Africa Telecom JV With Sanitation Co AquaSan Tec

Mobile VAS company Netxcell Ltd has announced a joint venture for the African market with AquaSanTec, a group of companies that delivers water and sanitation solutions in seven African countries: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Sudan and Burundi. In India, Netxcell is a content aggregator, and provides messaging and video streaming solutions, USSD based call management, outbound dialers, SMS and MMS Centers etc.

A holding company will be set up in Mauritius, called Netxcell Mauritius Ltd, which will have a liaison office on the seven countries, and outsource technology developments, service and support to Netxcell in Hyderabad. According to Financial Express, Netxcell will hold 51% in the joint venture, while AquaSanTec will own the rest. Initially, Netxcell will set up a base in Kenya to deploy a senior sales representative and a technical expert. NML will bill the operators in African market directly and in turn, Netxcell will bill NML for all its services/technology.

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We culled out data on four of the countries that the JV will operate in, from Zain’s September 2009 investor presentation: